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Abner James to Matthew Cortner

3 November 1819 · ODB 19/157

The deed

Kind of deed
Land sale
Date
3 November 1819
From
Abner James
To
Matthew Cortner
Land
74.5 acres
Waterways
on Dry Creek; on Haw River
Neighbors
Jacob Huffman; John Shaddy; Matthew Cortner
Earlier title
NC to Abner James 22 Dec 1817
Citation
ODB 19/157
See the deed book page at the Register of Deeds →
A page can hold several deeds, and a long deed can run onto the next page.
Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 40010, “Record of Deeds, 1821-1824, Vols. 19, 20” (State Archives film).

Names, places and measures are given as the published abstract writes them. This record has not been checked against the deed image.

Published abstract by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: Orange County Deed Book 19 (look for ODB 19/157). Our record above is drawn from it.

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